Bor Bator Mosque

Mosque Name: Bor Bator. Open-Air Mosque

Country: Negev

City: Rural, Negev Highlands

Year of construction (AD): 700-799

GPS: 30.383096 34.610312

Gibson Classification: Unknown

Rebuilt facing Mecca: never

Description:

The mosque is built on a hillside, 50 m south of the summit, which is visible from afar (Avni 1985: 86). It consists of a rectangular enclosure measuring 2.8 x 5.2 m (figure 2), with a mihrab niche (0.9 m width, 1.3 m depth) in the center of the southern wall and a large stone standing on its narrow side in the niche wall. The structure is constructed of two rows of medium-sized and large stones (width 0.6 m) preserved to a height of one course. To the northeast of the mosque is a large chalk-cut reservoir, but no remains of a settlement were found in the vicinity. Its proximity to a large cistern and along a main route from Sinai to the Central Negev and the Arava Valley suggest that it was built to serve travelers

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Information taken from:

Early Mosques in the Negev Highlands: New Archaeological Evidence on Islamic Penetration of Southern Palestine Author: Gideon Avni Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 294 (May, 1994), pp. 83-100